{"data":{"id":"us-il/750-ilcs-75-5","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"750 ILCS 75/5","heading":"Purposes; rules of construction.","body":"This Act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to provide adequate procedures for the certification and registration of a civil union and provide persons entering into a civil union with the obligations, responsibilities, protections, and benefits afforded or recognized by the law of Illinois to spouses.","path":["CHAPTER 750 FAMILIES","Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3294\u0026ChapterID=59\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:44Z","sha256":"cc6b95ba6a099c55fa802f1f75b66057361e9d03771ddf065cd37ee162025993","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/750-ilcs-75-1","next":"us-il/750-ilcs-75-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}